In its first month of publication, Provenance by Ann Leckie rocketed to the top of the hardcover list, followed in second place by Seanan McGuire’s The Brightest Fell, book 11 in the October Daye series. YA novel In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Big Mouth House) was the new runner-up; we had 59 nominated titles, up from 53 last month.

George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones held onto the top spot on the paperback list, with a reasonable lead over Stephen King’s The Dark Tower 1: The Gunslinger. The Gate to Futures Past by Julie E. Czerneda (DAW), book two in her Reunification trilogy, was the new runner-up. There were 60 nominated titles, up from 55 last month.

Although she was unable to repeat last month’s hat trick, N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy again claimed the top two positions on the trade paperback list, with The Fifth Season in first, and The Stone Sky in second. There were no new runners-up. We had 62 nominated titles, down from 66 last month.

Last month’s winner in our media-related & gaming-related list, Star Trek: Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference by Christopher L. Bennett, remained in first place, barely overcoming second-place finisher Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s End. There were no new runners-up; 24 titles were nominated, down from last month’s 27.

Theaters remain closed. A few movies have been released on streaming services, but many have been scheduled for later release dates in anticipation of the reopening of theaters on a national level. So film reviewers Josh Pearce & Arley Sorg continue their coverage of select science fiction and fantasy series available on streaming services. Several shows have put out new seasons, such as 12 Monkeys on Hulu and Kingdom on

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